Arrange in a chronological order :

(A) Mutiny starts in Meerut.
(B) Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Wellesley.
(C) Rani Jhansi killed in battle.
(D) Nawab of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah deposed.
(E) Shah Mal killed in battle.

Choose the correct answer from the options given below:

(B), (D), (A), (E), (C)

The correct answer is Option (3) → (B), (D), (A), (E), (C)

(B) 1798: Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Wellesley.
(D) 1856: Nawab of Awadh, Wajid Ali Shah deposed.
(A) 10 May 1857: Mutiny starts in Meerut.
(E) July 1857: Shah Mal killed in battle.
(C) June 1858: Rani Jhansi killed in battle.

Timeline of important events:

1798: Subsidiary Alliance was a system devised by Lord Wellesley.
1856: Nawab Wajid Ali Shah deposed; Awadh annexed
10 May 1857: Mutiny starts in Meerut
11-12 May 1857: Delhi garrisons revolt; Bahadur Shah accepts nominal leadership
20-27 May 1857: Sepoys mutiny in Aligarh, Etawah, Mainpuri, Etah
30 May 1857: Rising in Lucknow
May-June 1857: Mutiny turns into a general revolt of the people
30 June 1857: British suffer defeat in the battle of Chinhat
July 1857: Shah Mal killed in battle
25 Sept 1857: British forces under Havelock and Outram enter the Residency in Lucknow
June 1858: Rani Jhansi killed in battle